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ITCHING FOR A CURE, ROAD TO CONNECTICUT $100,000 MATCHING DONATION FUNDRAISING CHALLENGE

We need your help now! Together we can succeed in this amazing new challenge!

THE CHALLENGE: Help us raise $100,000 for PSC research before our annual conference (May 14-16, 2010), and see your contributions grow to $200,000 through matching funds from an incredibly generous anonymous donor who has offered to match the first $100,000 that our members raise!!

WHY: Never before have we had this unprecedented opportunity to raise funds to research the treatment, causes and cure for PSC. The Scientific/Medical Advisory Committee will be meeting again in August 2010 to continue funding cutting-edge research on PSC. Please help the committee fund the best and brightest investigators to solve the puzzle of PSC. As of the end of 2009, PSC Partners Seeking a Cure is proud to be supporting $317,706 in research grants. Help us bring this total to > $0.5 million in 2010!

HOW: To join our Itching for a Cure/Road to Connecticut fundraiser, please consider donating whatever you can, contacting family and friends to donate, or holding your own local fundraiser. Together, we are traveling the “virtual” road from Chicago, where we held our 2009 conference, all the way to Hartford, Connecticut where we will be holding our 2010 conference May 14-16. On our route, we will be making stops at Detroit, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, New York City, New Haven and finally Hartford. The Chicago to Detroit, Detroit to Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh to Buffalo, Buffalo to New York City and New York City to New Haven legs of our journey will each be achieved by raising $15,000, for a total of $75,000 (5x$15,000). The final and most important leg from New Haven to Hartford will be achieved by raising $25,000, for a grand total of $100,000. If you watch our map below, you will see that each time that we reach one of our designated cities, our anonymous donor will kick in another part of the 1:1 matching donation.

Every dollar donated will take us closer to our destination. Keep an eye on our map to see our progress to Hartford. Every donation, no matter the amount, helps us reach our goal. Take advantage of this incredible offer to have every dollar you donate be doubled! Every contribution is another step taken toward a cure. In 2009, our Itching for a Cure/Road to Chicago fundraiser brought in $144,869, so we’re hoping to surpass that amount in 2010.

FUNDS RAISED TO DATE: $24,094

MATCHING FUNDS TO BE ADDED BY OUR ANONYMOUS DONOR TO DATE: $15,000

We’ve already made our stop in Detroit, and we’re on our way to Pittsburgh, where our anonymous donor will kick in another $15,000. Help us travel on the Road to Connecticut!!

To donate, just send us a check to:

• PSC Partners Seeking a Cure
  5237 So. Kenton Way
  Englewood CO 80111

or Pay by credit card via PayPal.

Please:

1. Earmark your donation for the Itching for a Cure/Road to Connecticut fundraiser.
2. If your donation is in honor or in memory of someone with PSC, include the honoree’s name and address, so that we can send them an acknowledgement of your contribution.
3. Include your email address.

To get started, contact Sandi Pearlman at kizzersmom@yahoo.com or Lee Bria at leedeubert@gmail.com to request a form to list all your donors and their donations, to request a sample letter to send to friends and family, or to ask for suggestions for creative ways to raise money for the Road to Connecticut.

Help us make a difference in the lives and future of all PSCers. Every penny gathered and every dollar collected can get us closer to our destination. You will be helping us increase the scope of our research grants program and eventually find that elusive cure.

Thank you to Lee Bria, our Member Fundraising Chair, and Sandi Pearlman, who organized this fundraiser. A thank you to the hundreds of donors to the Road to Chicago, and especially to our top fundraisers in 2009: Anonymous donor, Patty and Ken S., Deb and John W., Ricky and Don S., Lee and Bill B., Joanne and Steve H., Wim R., Sue and Scott M., Alison, Becky, Sandi Pearlman, Ken and Mary Ann L., and Jecy, Jeff and Reggie B. 

Other Fundraisers

Save the Day Fundraiser

Our first Save the Day fundraising event, held the weekend of October 3-4, 2009, was so successful that we’ve decided to make it our annual fall fundraiser. This is the chance for all PSCers nationally and internationally to hold a local fundraiser of their choice. In 2009, here were some ideas that our members came up with:

• Yard sales
• Bake sales
• Tapas dinner
• Personal change jars at home/at work
• Movie night at someone’s home
• Walkathon
• Golf tournament
• Donation of Las Vegas winnings

 For other ideas, click here. Use your creativity and start planning your local fall fundraiser now. Watch this site for updates on Save the Day 2010, or write to Sandi at kizzersmom@yahoo.com or Lee Bria at leedeubert@gmail.com .

Thank you to Lee B., Sandi P., and Joanne G. for organizing this project. Thank you to all our members who held individual fundraisers, and especially to our top fundraisers: Crissy N., Nicola P., Libbie B., Jeff and Reggie B., Barbara S., Sara G., Sandi P., Karen P., Theresa H., Joanne G., anonymous donor, Bek G., and Jackson B.

We’re together in this fight, whatever it takes. Together, we will Save the Day!

Goodsearch Fundraiser

If you’d like a very simple way to help, try Goodsearch. This is a free online search and shop engine (think Google) which lets us click our way towards a cure every single day. With no cost to the user, log onto www.goodsearch.com and choose PSC Partners Seeking a Cure, Englewood, CO as your charity and save it (if your computer doesn’t automatically do so.) From that point on, every search that you make through Goodsearch on any topic will generate money for PSC Partners and there’s no limit on what we can earn.

Kroger Community Rewards Program – Michigan and Ohio only

If you live in Michigan or Ohio and do your grocery shopping at Kroger, please take a minute to join our Kroger Community Rewards Program. Register with us to get your Kroger Plus Card, and then a percentage of every purchase that you make from now on at Kroger will be donated to PSC Partners Seeking a Cure. To get started, write to Debbie Thompson at designingdebbiet@yahoo.com , and she will send you the required bar code. Just take this to your local Kroger store, and they will issue your Kroger Plus Card.

Thank you to Debbie T. for coordinating this project.

Create Your Own Fundraiser

We welcome suggestions from supporters who would like to create their own fundraiser for PSC Partners Seeking a Cure. If you have an idea, please fill out the short Project Proposal Form and send it to leedeubert@gmail.com or to Ricky at contactus@pscpartners.org.

Click here to learn how to shop PSC Partners Seeking a Cure.